Assembly Bill A8321

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals which offer medical residency training to provide certain obstetric-gynecology training

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8321 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5207
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2801-i, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2715
2011-2012: A2944
2013-2014: A3903
2015-2016: A3693
2017-2018: A3957, S7366
2019-2020: A1152, S4813
2023-2024: A1917, S6368

2021-A8321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obstetrics-gynecology; provides for experience with induced abortions and complications thereto except where residency program has a religious, moral or legal restriction which prohibits residents from performing abortions within the institution.

2021-A8321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8321
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to medical  residency
   training
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2801-i to read as follows:
   §  2801-I.  MEDICAL  RESIDENT TRAINING; CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAINING.  1.
 ANY HOSPITAL WHICH RECEIVES ANY REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE AND WHICH OFFERS ALLOPATHIC OR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL RESI-
 DENT TRAINING IN OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, INTERNAL  MEDICINE  OR  WOMEN'S
 HEALTH  SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING THAT FOLLOWS THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL ON
 GRADUATE MEDICAL  EDUCATION  OR  THE  AMERICAN  OSTEOPATHIC  ASSOCIATION
 SPECIAL   REQUIREMENTS  FOR  OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY.  THE  PROGRAM  SHALL
 PROVIDE A STRUCTURED DIDACTIC AND CLINICAL TRAINING  EXPERIENCE  IN  ALL
 METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING.  TOPICS SHALL INCLUDE ALL REVERSIBLE METHODS
 OF  CONTRACEPTION,  INCLUDING NATURAL METHODS, AS WELL AS STERILIZATION.
 THE PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE EXPERIENCE IN MANAGEMENT OF  COMPLICATIONS  AS
 WELL  AS TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE PROCEDURES. SUCH EDUCATION
 CAN BE PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE INSTITUTION,  IN  AN  APPROPRIATE  FACILITY,
 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF APPROPRIATELY TRAINED FACULTY.
   2.  EXPERIENCE WITH INDUCED ABORTION SHALL BE PART OF RESIDENCY TRAIN-
 ING, EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTS  WITH  MORAL  OR  RELIGIOUS  OBJECTIONS.  SUCH
 EDUCATION  CAN  BE  PROVIDED  OUTSIDE  THE  INSTITUTION. EXPERIENCE WITH
 MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF ABORTION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO  ALL  RESI-
 DENTS.   IF  A  RESIDENCY  PROGRAM  HAS  A  RELIGIOUS,  MORAL  OR  LEGAL
 RESTRICTION WHICH PROHIBITS  THE  RESIDENTS  FROM  PERFORMING  ABORTIONS
 WITHIN  THE  INSTITUTION,  THE  PROGRAM  SHALL INSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS
 RECEIVE A SATISFACTORY EDUCATION AND  EXPERIENCE  MANAGING  THE  COMPLI-
 CATIONS  OF  ABORTION.  FURTHERMORE,  SUCH RESIDENCY PROGRAMS SHALL HAVE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07682-01-1

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